Short Stack Reviews

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Every stack we have eaten, ranked by the standard buttermilk score. The specialty score is a tiebreaker and a bragging right. Butter pats measure the people, not the pancakes.

1

Atlantis Oceanfront Inn Breakfast Cafe

Gloucester, MA · Bass Rocks

🧈🧈🧈🧈 4/5 service · ~$15 a stack · seasonal, May–Oct
9.0
Standard stack
Blueberry 9.5
2

The Friendly Toast

Dedham, MA · Legacy Place

🧈🧈🧈½ 3.5/5 service · $11–12 a stack · real maple syrup
8.0
Standard stack
Blueberry 9.0
3

Fresco

Needham, MA

🧈🧈🧈🧈½ 4.5/5 service · $13.50 a stack · no specialty offered
7.0
Standard stack
No specialty
4

Sol 7 at the Thompson Houston

Houston, TX · seventh-floor sky lobby

🧈🧈🧈🧈 4/5 service · great views, doughy pancakes
5.0
Standard stack
Blueberry 4.0
5

Narrative at The Jacquard

Denver, CO · Cherry Creek North

🧈🧈🧈½ 3.5/5 service · $16 a stack · no standard stack offered
4.0
Specialty only
Blueberry Crunch

How We Score

  • Standard stack, out of 10. Plain buttermilk pancakes, no hiding behind toppings. This is the ranking that counts.
  • Specialty, out of 10. Whatever the house is proud of — blueberry, banana, lemon ricotta. Scored separately so a great gimmick cannot carry a mediocre pancake.
  • Service, out of 5 butter pats. Warmth, coffee refills, patience with kids. Nothing to do with the food.